Complete Tech Heads with Tom Edwards

By Tom Edwards

The place where technology meets humanity. Interviewing the world's leading thinkers on all things AI, technology, psychology, longevity, and anything else from the future that I find interesting. New... more

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August 14, 2023 "Elon Musk doesn't understand how to run a social network" | Matt Navarra, Social Media Consultant and Analyst
Matt Navarra is one of Europe's most well-known and in-demand social media consultants. With 20+ years of industry experience, Matt has worked with some of the world’s most popular brands.

In this episode we discuss Musk, Zuck, X, Threads, Meta, AI, and the future of social media, in the following order:

- Intro
- X rebrand
- Paid-for blue ticks
- Reaction of advertisers
- Elon's effect of the overall brand
- Free speech
- Content moderation
- What kind of accounts get monetised and how?
- Threads
- Social media app convergence & social media innovation
- The creator economy
- Generative AI

#socialmedia #ai #technews
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1h 13min
August 07, 2023 Meet the Kyiv startup fighting Russia with AI | Information warfare, with Anton Tarasyuk
My conversation with Anton Tarasyuk about the startup he co-founded, Mantis Analytics. Mantis are based in Kyiv and are experts in analyzing the flow of information and disinformation, particularly with regards to the Russo-Ukraininan war. In the show, we cover:

00:00 - Intro
03:11 - Russian invasion and company formation
09:28 - How the cofounders met
11:46 - Keeping presence of mind in a war
16:30 - Paranoia in Ukraine
20:09 - Monitoring information flows
21:22 - Telegram and Twitter
24:19 - Strategy vs execution
30:09 - Disinformation
38:50 - Identifying false narratives
44:02 - Documenting war crimes
45:47 - What does Mantis actually provide?
48:21 - Transformation of the public sphere
53:52 - Generative AI
54:57 - Deepfake scams

#ai #technews #ukraine #ukrainewar
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1h 9min
August 01, 2023 Making money with ChatGPT, with Alex Northstar, ex-Google AI facilitator
My conversation with Alex Northstar, ex-Google AI facilitator who did his masters in chatbots. We discuss all things AI, with a particular focus on entrepreneurialism and turning generative AI tools to the task of upskilling yourself and building a business.

00:00 - Intro
05:15 - What is an AI Facilitator?
10:45 - ChatGPT meta skills
14:00 - AI upskilling
15:30 - Writing a book in a month
20:25 - Optimism on the future of AI
22:45 - Doomerism and anthropomorphization
27:55 - Finding the biggest impact
34:45 - Variations in GPT performance
36:45 - Music and mashups
39:15 - Making money
47:15 - The 80:20 rule
49:10 - The future

#chatgpt #ai #business #entrepreneurship #entrepreneur
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58min
July 25, 2023 "The default outcome is... we all die" | talking AI risk with Liron Shapira
This week I'm talking with Liron Shapira, founder, technologist, and self-styled AI doom pointer-outer.

In the show, we cover an intro to AI risk, thoughts on a new tier of intelligence, causally mapping goals to outcomes (and why that's dangerous), a variety of rebuttals to Marc Andreesen's recent essay on AI, thoughts on how AI might plausibly take over and kill all humans, the rise and danger of AI girlfriends, Open AI's new super alignment team, Elon Musk's latest AI safety venture XAI, and other topics.

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1h 16min
July 18, 2023 Has AI killed coursework forever? With Paul Matthews, teacher and founder of MyTeacherAide
My discussion with Paul Matthews, teacher and founder of educational AI startup, MyTeacherAide. Paul discusses all things AI in education, including:

Intro - 00:00
A huge step forward - 3:50
Cheater or tutor? - 5:45
Students using ChatGPT - 7:20
The increasing knowledge gap - 8:30
The end of coursework? - 13:15
The biggest threat of AI - 17:30
The biggest mistake educators make - 19:15
Advice for parents - 24:30
MyTeacherAide - 31:15

Check out MyTeacherAide here: https://www.myteacheraide.com/

#technews #ai #education #educationmatters #chatgpt
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44min
July 11, 2023 Why Threads won't kill Twitter
There's been lots of speculation over this last week about the potential 'Twitter killer' Threads app, just launched by Meta. Here's my take on why they won't kill Twitter, and may not even want to.

#technews #twitter #threadsapp #threadsvstwitter #elonmusk #markzuckerberg
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14min
June 27, 2023Has AI already eaten search?
Alex Selles is a technology marketing expert who has spent his career working in-house at a variety of early-stage startups. He's currently Head of Marketing at Klyk, a circular economy sustainable hardware business. In this conversation, we talk about:
The London technology world
Tech marketing pitfalls
Impostor syndrome and empathy
His advice on getting into the industry
AI in marketing
The future of SEO and whether it'll be eaten by ChatGPT
Our shared experiences mentoring with the Reach Out charity
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41min
June 20, 2023 Disrupt of be Disrupted: Are you ready? AI in Marketing with Lead Forensics
A conversation with Joe Ducarreaux from Lead Forensics, where we cover all the latest innovations in marketing AI - from Midjourney imagery, to intellectual property concerns and, of course, those mad AI ads.
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41min
June 08, 2023 Benji Vaughan: Being a human in the age of AI
Benji Vaughan is founder and CEO of Disciple Media, as well as being a former musician, producer, record label promoter and all-round creative thinker. In this inaugural episode, we talked about his company, Disciple, the limitations of social media, AI in the arts, training LLMs, how to build human connections in the digital age, and other topics. Hope you enjoy it!
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48min

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